Mediterranean, invasive, woody species grow larger than their less-invasive counterparts under potential global environmental change

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 613-624

  Erskine Ogden, Jennifer ^a   Grotkopp, Eva ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Functional traits; Growth rate; Leaf area; Log response ratio; Nitrogen deposition; Root mass ratio

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LEAF AREA; SOIL NITROGEN; WOODY PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

NITROGEN; PIGMENT; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84963620405     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500494     Document Type: Article

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